We naive Americans apparently think that’s what they’re for, according to London’s deputy mayor.
BBC NEWS | UK | England | London | Sex card challenge to phone firms
Kit Malthouse, London’s deputy mayor for policing, wants the numbers on sex calling cards found in telephone boxes blocked as soon as they are identified.
He said mobile phone [...]
While putting off the task of adding a personal note to holiday cards that MUST! GO! OUT!, I decided to review My Year In Blogging.
January:
Today, at Holy Moly, we had some excitement too. I ended up staying for both services just because there was a rehearsal for the big day after the second service. There [...]
These look like good places to try on our next visit to London.
Clamorous pub patios line the streets of London in summer, luring those who like a side order of sunburn with their al-fresco beer. But the city’s best taverns arguably come into their own in winter, when cozy quaffers hunker over dark ales [...]
“He who is tired of London is tired of life. “
We’re not tired of London, and are already plotting a return trip. But it’s time to move on to the Cotswolds for five nights and we won’t miss our cramped little hotel room near Paddington.
On Sunday, I made good on my threat to attend [...]
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Here are some of the things I’ve accomplished thus far or need to get done for our impending Big Trip to Great Britain:
Air reservations
American (fooey, coach. No agent deals available)
Hotel reservations
London
Stow-on-the-Wold
York
Dublin
Rail and transit
Purchased Heathrow Express tickets online rather than burn a rail day
Ordered
Tour de France Prologue 2007 » The Cartoon Blog by Dave Walker
Check out the terrific photos Dave Walker took of the London prologue of the Tour de France.
BBC ON THIS DAY | 7 | 2005: Bomb attacks on London
2005: Bomb attacks on London
A series of bomb attacks on London’s transport network has killed more than 30 people and injured about 700 others.
Three explosions on the Underground left 35 dead and two died in a blast on a double decker bus.
It was two [...]
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BBC NEWS | UK | Two car bombs found in West End
Police have confirmed they are now investigating the discovery of two car bombs in the West End of London.Police said the second device had been found in a Mercedes hours after the car was given a parking ticket in Cockspur Street and towed to [...]
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Caveat Lector » Trafalgar and Westminster
Despite my mother’s enthusiastic recommendation, I found Westminster Abbey a difficult place to visit, and should I return to London, I don’t believe I will return there. The church itself is well-built and handsome, but its graceful old bones are impossible to see for all the plaques and busts [...]
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Not Again
Originally uploaded by StickerEsq.
Two weeks to the day and now there are more reports of explosions in London.
My resentiments exactly.
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